Sale 431: Americana & World History: Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera from the Library of Calvin P. Otto (#431) 07/01/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/01/2010 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-70 of 70. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Two Autograph Letters signed, from Lottie bound by ship to Alaska, mailed to her parents Heading(Alaska)AuthorLottieHeadlineLetters from ship bound for Alaska 1906Date Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #8 Archive of 17 partially printed promissory notes for payment for service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineConnecticut soldiers paid for Revolutionary WarDate Published1780-1782 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #9 Autograph Letter Signed by William Colfax, requesting the pay of several soldiers in George Washington's Life Guards, of which he was captain, to be made directly to him, with 7 partially printed pay receipts signed by Colfax Heading(American Revolution)AuthorColfax, WilliamHeadlinePay receipts & ALS of William Colfax 1783Date Published1783 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #10 Autograph Letter Signed from James Duane, delegate to the Continental Congress, to George Clinton, Governor of New York Heading(American Revolution)AuthorDuane, JamesHeadlineLetter from James Duane to George Clinton 1780Date PublishedSept. 7, 1780 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #11 Autograph Document Signed by George Pitkin, and endorsed by Oliver Ellsworth Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver & George PitkinHeadlineDocument signed by G. Pitkin & O. Ellsworth 1777Date PublishedSeptember, 1777 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #12 Autograph pay order signed by Thomas Seymour and Oliver Ellsworth as members of the Pay Table Committee Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver & Thomas SeymourHeadlineRevolutionary War pay order 1776Date PublishedFebruary 19, 1776 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #13 Manuscript Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth & Thomas Seymour, authorizing payment to participants in the "Lexington Alarm" of 1775 Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver & Thomas SeymourHeadlinePayment for Lexington Alarm 1775Date PublishedNov. 30, 1775 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #14 Manuscript Document Signed, August 23rd 1777 Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, OliverHeadlineDocument signed by Oliver Ellsworth 1777Date PublishedAugust 23rd, 1777 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #15 Two pay orders for service in the Lexington Alarm Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, OliverHeadlineTwo pay orders for service in the Lexington AlarmDate PublishedDec. 2, 1775 and Jan. 17, 1776 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #16 Autograph Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth & others, being a payment order to the Connecticut Treasury for military supplies Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver, et al.HeadlinePayment for cartidges 1776 Revolutionary WarDate PublishedJuly 6th, 1776 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #17 Autograph Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth, William Pitkin and Thomas Lawrence, being a payment order to Col. Joshua Porter for service at Fort Ticonderoga Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver, et al.HeadlinePayment for capture of Fort Ticonderoga 1775Date PublishedJune 6th, 1775 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #18 Two manuscript payment vouchers for service in the Expedition to Ticonderoga, signed by Oliver Ellsworth & others Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver, et al.HeadlinePay Vouchers for Ticonderoga Expedition 1775Date Published1775 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #19 Autograph Letter Signed from Ebenezer Huntington to his bother Joshua Huntington, regarding hardships in the Continental Army Heading(American Revolution)AuthorHuntington, EbenezerHeadlineLetter about hardships in the Continental ArmyDate Published18 June 1778 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #20 Autograph Letter Signed by James Lovell while a Delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War Heading(American Revolution)AuthorLovell, JamesHeadlineRevolutionary War Letter by James Lovell 1779Date PublishedDec. 27, 1779 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #21 Manuscript accounting of items supplied to the State of Connecticut by Elijah Hubbard and Joseph King Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineGoods supplied to Connecticut in 1776Date PublishedDec. 18, 1776 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #22 Manuscript accounting of items supplied to the family of Ephraim Robertson, a soldier in the Continental Army, by the town of Coventry, Connecticut Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineMs. Doc. items supplied Am. Rev. Soldier's familyDate Published1779 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #23 Manuscript payment voucher instructing Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence to make payment to Col. Roger Enos, signed by Enos, Finn Wadsworth, and Samuel Wylly Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlinePay voucher to Col. Rogers Enos 1779Date PublishedJune 5th, 1779 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #24 Manuscript true copy of the response by the Pay-Table-Committee to a memorial by a woman whose husband was killed in action (possibly at Yorktown), desiring his back pay to aid her and her three children, along with receipt of payment Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineCompensation for soldier killed at YorktownDate PublishedJanuary, 1783 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #25 Pass for a man and his team to travel in Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineRevolutionary War Pass 1777Date PublishedOct. 16, 1777 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #26 Manuscript Document Signed, June 22nd 1776 Heading(American Revolution)AuthorPhelps, Noah, Capt.HeadlineADS Capt. Noah Phelps 6/25/1776Date PublishedJune 25, 1776 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #27 Autograph Letter signed by Jonathan Sherman seeking payment of wages to Samuel Wardell, soldier in his regiment, along with receipt for payment signed by Wardell Heading(American Revolution)AuthorSherman, JonathanHeadlineRevolutionary soldier gets a paycheck, 1781Date PublishedApril 16 & 19, 1781 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #28 Autograph Letter Signed by Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., as Governor of Connecticut, to the delegates from Connecticut to the Continental Congress Heading(American Revolution)AuthorTrumbull, Jonathan, Sr.HeadlineLetter from Jonathan Trumbull to CongressDate PublishedFebruary 21, 1782 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #29 Autograph Letter Signed by Alexander White of Virginia, to an unnamed participant, prophesying a long war with Britain Heading(American Revolution)AuthorWhite, AlexanderHeadlineLetter prophesying long war with Britain 1776Date PublishedFeb. 5, 1776 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #33 Autograph letter signed regarding sale of stock in the Mexican Republic AuthorAstor, William B. (signed as John Jacob Astor & Son)HeadlineWilliam B. Astor Autograph LetterDate PublishedJuly 11, 1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 Manuscript settlement document and mortgage agreement between Josiah Belden and James Reed AuthorBelden, Josiah, & James ReedHeadlineLegal document signed by Josiah Belden 1851Date PublishedMay 1, 1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #49 Autorgraph document signed by Simon Bradstreet AuthorBradstreet, SimonHeadlineAutograph document signed by Simon BradstreetDate Published1668 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #57 Passport for Rev. Eli Smith, signed by James Buchanan as Secretary of State AuthorBuchanan, JamesHeadlineU.S. Passport signed by James BuchananDate PublishedOctober 23, 1846 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #60 Ledger book containing early San Francisco Marriage requests; San Francisco land for sale; and rainfall and reservoir tables Heading(California)AuthorBartlett, Washington M., et al.HeadlineS.F. Ledger Book Marriages & Land SalesDate Published1862-1906 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #62 Archive of letters written from Murphy's Camp and Volcano, California Heading(California - Gold Rush)Author**HeadlineArchive of letters written from Mining CampsDate Published1850s View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #73 Manuscript document signed, regarding the illegal immigration of whites to Alta California AuthorCastro, JuanHeadline1841 Juan Castro Letter re illegal immigrationDate Published1841 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #86 Deposition of John Thorne regarding an adulterous affair in Massachusetts, 1656 Heading(Colonial Love Triangle)Author**HeadlineAdulterous affair in Massachusetts, 1656Date PublishedMarch 15, 1676 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #92 Manuscript Document warning one Benjamin Pettis to leave the town of Norwich Heading(Connecticut - Colonial)Author**HeadlineCitizen warned to leave Norwich CT 1771Date PublishedApril 8, 1751 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #93 Typed Letter Signed by Calvin Coolidge as President, to David Lawrence of the United Sates Daily AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineLetter from Calvin Coolidge to newspapermanDate PublishedSept. 6, 1926 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #105 Autograph Letter Signed Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorCarroll, Charles (signer from Maryland)HeadlineCharles Carroll Signer from MarylandDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1825 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 Manuscript document signed as Sheriff Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorClark, Abraham (signer from New Jersey)HeadlineAbraham Clark Signer of DeclarationDate PublishedJune 30, 1766 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #107 Document Signed by George Clymer as Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Pennsylvania Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorClymer, George (Signer from Pennsylvania)HeadlineGeorge Clymer Signer of the DecarationDate Published[c. 1791-1794] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #108 Document signed Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorHayward, Thomas, Jr. (signer from South Carolina)HeadlineDocument signed by Thomas Hayward Jr.Date Published1785 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #109 Autograph Letter Signed Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorMorris, Robert (signer from Pennsylvania)HeadlineRobert Morris Signer of the DeclarationDate PublishedNovember 7, 1797 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #110 Autograph document, signed in the third person Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorRush, Benjamin (signer from Pennsylvania)HeadlineBenjamin Rush Autograph Document SignedDate Published1801 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #111 Document signed as Chief Justice of Georgia Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorWalton, George (signer from Georgia)HeadlineGeorge Walton, Signed of the Declaration from GADate Published1783 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #112 Manuscript Document, Signed. Pay order for expenses for attending Continental Congress Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorWilliams, W[illiam], (Signer from Connecticut)HeadlineWilliam Williams Signer from Connecticut autograpDate PublishedMay 28, 1777 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #119 Autograph Letter Signed, from William Eustis as incoming Secretary of War to Speaker of the House Joseph P. Varnum AuthorEustis, WillliamHeadlineLetter from Sec. War Eustis to Speaker VarnumDate PublishedJan. 20, 1809 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #147 Autograph Letter Signed mentioning the birth of the Tournament of Roses parade by its founder AuthorHolder, C[harles] F[rederick]HeadlineC.F. Holder letter metioning Tournament of RosesDate PublishedJanuary 10, 1894 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #153 Autograph Letter Signed, from William Jones, President of the Bank of the United States, to Richard Cutts, Comptroller of the Treasury AuthorJones, WilliamHeadlineLetter from Bank of U.S. President Jones 1818Date Published15 Aug. 1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #162 Passport issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, signed by Levi Lincoln as governor AuthorLincoln, LeviHeadlineMassachusetts passport signed by Levi LincolnDate Published1831 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #164 The Spirit of St. Louis AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineThe Spirit of St. Louis Signed by LindberghPublisherScribner'sDate Published1953 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #166 The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineWartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh SignedPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #167 "We": The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, Together with His Views of the Future of Aviation AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.Headline"We" inscribed & signed by Charles LindberghPublisherPutnamDate Published1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #168 Lindbergh of Minnesota: A Political Biography Heading(Lindbergh, Charles A., Jr.)AuthorLarson, Bruce J.HeadlineSigned by Charles LindberghPublisherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #202 Manuscript Copy of a license for a tavern in Waterton, Massachusetts, the original of which was signed by John Hancock and Samuel Adams Heading(Massachusetts Tavern License)Author**HeadlineLicense for Massachusetts Tavern 1782Date PublishedJan. 23, 1782 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #207 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Meredith, first Treasurer of the United States, to Sharp Delany, Collector of Customs in Philadelphia AuthorMeredith, SamuelHeadlineLetter from 1st U.S. Treasurer 1790Date PublishedAug. 3, 1790 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #208 Two holograph letters to General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte castigating the U.S. movement towards war and criticizing James K. Polk Heading(Mexican American War)AuthorPutnam, Lewis H.HeadlineLetters against Mexican War 1846-47Date PublishedDec. 21 1846 & Feb. 19 1847 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #210 Land grant to Henry Drinker for a tract in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania AuthorMifflin, Thomas - Governor of PennsylvaniaHeadline1796 Pennyslvania Land GrantDate PublishedOctober 1, 1796 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #211 Autograph Letter Signed by James Milligan, Comptroller of the Treasury, to Elbridge Gerry AuthorMilligan, JamesHeadlineLetter from James Milligan to Elbridge Gerry 1785Date PublishedJan. 18th, 1785 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #220 How the Moving Pictures are Made (caption title) - typescript with ms. corrections Heading(Motion Picture Industry)AuthorChase, MorganHeadline1913 typescript history of motion picturesDate Published1913 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #221 Two Autograph Letters Signed by Lucretia Mott, to Samuel J. May AuthorMott, LucretiaHeadlineLetters from Lucretia Mott to Samuel J. MayDate Published1856 & c.1856 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #226 Autograph Letter Signed by Rumualdo Pacheco, regarding politics and other matters AuthorPacheco, RumualdoHeadlineLetter from Rumualdo Pacheco of California 1859Date PublishedMarch 4th, 1859 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #235 Scrapbook of abolitionist Rev. Ashbel B. Green AuthorParmalee, Ashbel B.HeadlineScrapbook of abolitionist Rev. Ashbel B. GreenDate Published1830s-1840s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #266 Autograph Letter signed by former Tennessee Congressman James B. Reynolds, to Hezekiah Niles, editor of Niles Weekly Register AuthorReynolds, James B.HeadlineLetter about Nullification 1831Date PublishedJanuary 12, 1831 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #274 Two Autograph Letters from Walter Conwell to his sisters, written from San Francisco Heading(San Francisco)AuthorConwell, WalterHeadlineLetters from San Francisco in 1871Date PublishedMarch (or May?) 12 & 29, 1871 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #275 Letter concerning the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorThompson, HowardHeadlineLetter concerning 1906 San Francisco EarthquakeDate PublishedJune 15, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #283 Autograph Letter Signed by George Forbes, relating to the sale of a female slave, and other commercial matters Heading(Slavery)AuthorForbes, GeorgeHeadlineLetter regarding sale of female slave in BermudaDate PublishedApril 11, 1761 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #284 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Smith, to General Tobias E. Stansbury, regarding political matters AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineLetter from Sen. Sam Smith to Gen. Stansbury 1823Date PublishedFeb. 15, 1823 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #288 Autograph Letter Signed by Stephens, former Confederate Vice President, regarding Reconstruction and aftermath of the Civil War AuthorStephens, Alexander H.HeadlineLetter from Confederate VP Alexander StephensDate Published13 March 1867 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #289 They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency AuthorStone, IrvingHeadlineThey Also Ran, incribed by Irving Stone in djPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1943 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #291 Document signed by Caleb Strong, Sixth Governor of Massachusetts AuthorStrong, CalebHeadlineDocument signed by Caleb Strong Mass. GovernorDate PublishedJune 20, 1803 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #297 Autograph Letter Signed by Berry Taylor, to his uncle James Taylor, regarding slavery and other matters AuthorTaylor, BerryHeadlineLetter from Berry Taylor about slavery 1820Date PublishedJan. 7, 1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #310 Manuscript Land Grant on Vellum for property in Augusta County, Virginia, signed by William Gooch as Governor of Virginia Heading(Virginia)AuthorGooch, William, SirHeadlineLand Grant signed by Virginia Gov. Gooch 1746Date Published1746 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #313 Manuscript Document Signed by Benning Wentworth as Governor of New Hampshire, being a marriage certificate AuthorWentworth, BenningHeadlineDoc. signed by New Hampshire Gov. Wentworth 1760Date PublishedDec. 1, 1760 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #315 Two manuscript letters Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr., written during his tenures as Auditor then Secretary of the Treasury for the United States AuthorWolcott, Oliver, Jr.HeadlineLetters from Oliver Wolcott Jr. US Sec. TreasuryDate Published1790 & 1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next